Makwande! Increasing Africa’s Presence on Wikipedia
Add to Wikipedia’s Content about Africa or Contribute to African-Language Wikipedias
November 13, 2018, 1-4pm
Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Ave. School of Theology, Room B24 (Oxnam Room)
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Edit Wikipedia in African Languages
Did you know there are active Wikipedias in 292 languages, including more than 30 African languages? Yet all of these languages together still have less than half the number of articles in the English-language Wikipedia. If you know one of these languages, come learn how you can contribute!
Don’t know these languages?
You can still help! As you can see, there is a need for better coverage of Africa in all Wikipedias. Expand articles, add citations or edit links, or participate in the ongoing Afrocine project.
Total number of geotagged Wikipedia articles across 44 surveyed languages. Graham, M., Hogan, B., Straumann, R. K., and Medhat, A. 2014. Uneven Geographies of User-Generated Information: Patterns of Increasing Informational Poverty. Annals of the Association of American Geographers (forthcoming).
Don’t like to write?
Contribute photographs to Wikipedia. For more information see Wiki Loves Monuments
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